The two elements that have the same properties as sodium are potassium and rubidium .
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The periodic table is an arrangement of the elements in order of increasing atomic number.
From the list, the two elements that have the same properties as sodium are potassium and rubidium .
Proton has an atomic number of 20 and a mass number of 40. The number of electrons is the same as the number of protons. Given that the atomic number is the number of protons present, we have 20 electrons and 20 protons.
Number of neutrons = Mass number - Number of protons
= 40 - 20 = 20 neutrons
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Answer:
Ionisation energy increases along a period but decreases down a group
Explanation:
As you go along the period, the amount of protons in the nuclear increases. This causes nuclear attraction to increase meaning the attraction between the protons and the electrons is higher. This causes the electrons to be held more tightly to the nucleus meaning they are harder to remove. As well as that, the shielding stays the same along a period since the electrons are being added to the same shell, just different orbitals. Overall this makes it harder to remove an electron as you go along a period causing the ionisation energy to increase along a period.
On the other hand when you go down a group, the atomic radius increases. This is because the electrons are added to new shells which are further away from the nucleus, this also causes shielding to increase as there are more shells. This means the outer electrons being removed are held less tightly by the protons in the nucleus meaning they are easier to remove. This means that the ionisation energy decrease down a group.
